Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
ARC Raiders is retiring Cred — one of its two currencies — and any Cred left on your account expires on October 8, 2026, the day the Frozen Trail update launche...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The Wolfpack is one of the hardest-hitting throwables in ARC Raiders, and almost every new Raider hits the same wall: they find the grenade in a Deck or a quest...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
Ascending the Mountain is the last Raider Project before Frozen Trail, and it is really a 27-day materials sprint disguised as a story quest. This guide lists a...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
ARC Raiders Update 1.45.0 went live on September 8, 2026 (game version 1.000.055) and it is the last full Live Update before the Frozen Trail expansion on Octob...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The Turbine Compressor is one of the ARC Raiders materials players get stuck on first, and for good reason: it doesn't drop from crates, containers, or loos...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The Vaporizer is one of ARC Raiders' most punishing flying enemies — a laser ARC that patrols ARC Operations, often in small packs, throws up an energy shie...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The Outpost is a new personal base that replaces the Raider Den in ARC Raiders' Frozen Trail update, launching October 8, 2026. Embark describes it as a spa...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
Ermal Vouchers are a new currency arriving with the 5th Expedition in ARC Raiders. When Expeditions pause after this window, every player's Caravan gets res...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
Quick answer: Phantom Targets is a limited-time community Project that runs August 4 → September 6, 2026. Part 2 is Stages 4–6, and it is almost entirely a coll...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
Quick answer: ARC Raiders' 5th Expedition window runs September 8 → September 29, 2026 — a three-week window (extended by one week), with no "last call...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
ARC Raiders quietly changed one of its most underrated systems in Update 1.42.0 (August 18, 2026): Map Conditions no longer run on a single worldwide clock. If ...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
ARC Raiders Update 1.42.0 went live on August 18, 2026, and it finally answered the question the whole community had been chasing since the start of the Phantom...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
Quick answer: This week's Trial reads "Damage ARC enemies using Pop Triggers" — and most players are burning through 20+ Pop Triggers landing almo...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
Blueprints are how you go from scraping by with a Stitcher and a rusty pistol to actually crafting the guns that win fights in ARC Raiders. The problem: bluepri...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
ARC Raiders Update 1.42 lands on August 18, 2026, and it closes out the Phantom Targets Player Project that Embark opened with Store Update 1.40.0. If you start...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The Vulcano blueprint is one of the more sought-after drops in ARC Raiders right now — and if you've been running raids hoping one falls into your bag, you ...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
TL;DR — The best repeatable loot farm on The Blue Gate is a tight underground loop: drop into the underground complex, hit the breachable room under the Reinfor...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
Quick answer: The weekly Trial reads "Damage ARC using a Jump Mine" (and its tighter variant, "Deal ARC using a single Jump Mine") — but the...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
If there is one gadget every ARC Raiders veteran tells new players to run, it is the Snap Hook. Ask r/ArcRaiders "what's the one item I should always b...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
TL;DR — Most ARC machines in ARC Raiders drop a type-specific loot pool, and many drop a unique named part when destroyed — the best enemies to farm are the bos...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
Something is stirring in Speranza. A cryptic in-game teaser about Phantom Targets has surfaced in ARC Raiders — the community reads it as the tease for a new Ra...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
The Deadline in ARC Raiders is an Epic Quick-Use mine that deals 1,000 damage in a 10-metre radius after a fixed 6-second timer — and it is strong enough to one...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
In ARC Raiders Update 1.39.0 (released July 28, 2026; PS5/console patch 1.000.052), defending yourself no longer affects your matchmaking. Embark is testing a c...
Theo Marsh
ARC Raiders Specialist & Guide Writer
Riven Tides holds some of the richest locked-loot rooms in ARC Raiders. Ten keycards live here — spread across the Hotel Panorama Azzurro, the Stacking Yard, an...